Restoring an XT - transfer problem

[Chuck Guzis]

On 24 Feb 2007 at 12:23, Lance Lyon wrote:

> Hoping someone may be able to help - I've rebuilt an old Commodore PC 5 (XT 
> compatible) back to working condition. Now the problem is getting anything 
> on to the machine. None of my current machines are capable of supporting a 
> 5.25" drive (of any flavour) so I can't easily transfer using that method.

> Or any other suggestion ?

Why not simply hook up a 3.5" drive (DSHD is fine)?  Get a DS2D 
diskette by covering over the density aperture in a DSHD diskette and 
format it up to 720K on your modern PeeCee using "format a: /n:9 
/t:80".  Write whatever you want to it and let the Commo read it.

PeeCees don't really care (for anything but formatting) if you've got 
a 720K or 360K.

Alternatively, hook up a 360K 5.25" to your modern PeeCee and call it 
a 1.44MB drive--format the blanks in your PC5 and your modern PC will 
write them just fine.

I've done both routinely. 

Cheers,
Chuck